Mendon News

Charles River Bank in Medway, which this year changed its name from Medway Co-operative Bank, is seeking approval from the Massachusetts Division of Banks to reorganize from a mutual co-operative bank to a mutual holding company.

Massachusetts veterinarians have used laproscopic surgery to remove ovaries of an endangered Bengal tiger, marking one of the first instances an animal has been spayed using the minimally invasive procedure in New England.

Mendon Police Officer Jim Walckner and dispatcher Trish Benoit at work in the police station dispatch area recently.

One of two men who federal prosecutors say stole and sold $1.3 million worth of computer equipment from Milford-based Waters Corp.

From left, Sarah B. Latino, operations manager for the Rutland Emergency Communications Center, and dispatcher Eileen S. McCarthy, both of Rutland, work with different departments at the center.

Oxford Fire chief placed on paid leave during an investigation OXFORD - Fire Chief Jeffrey A. Wilson has been placed on paid administrative leave for unspecified reasons.

Speed and alcohol were factors in an early morning crash that left an Uxbridge man in critical condition with injuries from "massive head trauma," according to Police Chief Ernest H. Horn.

The good news: You can't have seafood without water. Mother Nature provided plenty of H2O Saturday for day two of the 20th annual Hampton Beach Seafood Festival.

State Police say a man who fell 30 feet into a pit being used as a lion's den on a movie set for "The Zookeeper'' at Franklin Park Zoo remained hospitalized yesterday.

Share + Sep 3, 2009 8:32 pm US/Eastern MENDON, Mass. Another 4-year-old girl has been injured by a deer at Southwick's Zoo in central Massachusetts.

Despite deep cuts in municipal budgets across Massachusetts, fewer than 10 percent of the state's cities and towns have voted to raise their restaurant or hotel taxes, forgoing tens of millions of dollars in potential revenue.

PARTY Feast of St. Anthony Festival What: Celebrate the 90th anniversary of the jam-packed street festival with live music, parades, Italian food, and cooking demos.

The U.S. Department of Labor has sued two trustees of three Mendon retirement plans for allegedly misusing $312,555 in retirement assets in violation of federal law.

The U.S. Department of Labor has sued two trustees of three Mendon retirement plans for allegedly misusing $312,555 in retirement assets in violation of federal law.

MENDON a ' A boy walking through a deer forest in a central Massachusetts zoo jumped and startled a deer who responded by leaping and kicking a 4-year-old girl in the face, officials said yesterday.

Officials say a 4-year-old girl jumped and startled a deer who responded by kicking her in the face at a zoo in central Massachusetts.

Fire gutted a house on Quaker Street yesterday afternoon. Fire Chief Gary Nestor said the ranch-style house was a total loss, and that the state fire marshal's office was at the house helping investigators try to determine a cause.

Many people are staying closer to home for vacation this summer, but that doesn't mean they can't have fun.

I don't think that's right. I live with my 92-year-old father, and he likes . We would probably stay with it and pay the tax.

And while we love our tradition of local rule in this state, along with our charming old ways the taxpayers are also maintaining 351 police chiefs, 351 fire chiefs, 351 public works commissioners and health directors and veterans' agents - or something close to it.